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Tuesday

It's my birthday month! I used to love to celebrate my birthday with my friends Caine, Shane, and Sheri at Buca di Beppo, blowing out the candelabra in the Pope Room while wearing a specially made birthday hat. (Thank you to Shane and his glue gun.) This is me in 2005 at Buca in my furry blue hat and matching Barbie Cake. If you never had a Barbie Cake as a little girl, you haven't LIVED until you have a Barbie Cake. Now THAT was a party. Thanks to Caine, Shane, Josh, Cindy, Sheri, Jess, Deva, Daphne, and Blake (from across the room).

Now, I'm freeloadin' all month long. I love all the free food my favorite restaurants send me for my birthday, including Buca. You can get in on the goods, too. Just visit the websites of some of these restaurants and sign up for your birthday treats. See if you can make your birthDAY stretch out into a birthWEEK like I do. Next year, I'm going for a birthQUARTER. Think big.